Express Scripts offers up the first 2016 Drug Trend report, with forecasts for the future to boot.
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Canosejo offers telehealth services for Spanish speakers and raised $4.9 million in capital to support growth.
http://medcitynews.com/2017/02/telehealth-startup-for-spanish-speakers-raises-4-9m/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=43306288&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--N303nZaG3_-eGOzJTjcGX7uPtxKjNqpYDv-NaTdKuPA5xv7IR7cTMWE1wEvje_xfMqmuE25LgPbLsOCaEDXtRLev3IvBo_wdZK_qW15AJFpzelI8&_hsmi=43306288&rf=1Accenture publishes a new survey on the internet of health things.
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A study in Health Affairs finds that lower-paid employees have different health care usage patterns and costs than do higher-paid ones.
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Doctor.com heals itself with a $5 million funding round to grow its business of helping physicians market their practices to payers and patients.
http://medcitynews.com/2017/02/doctor-com-closes-5m-series-round-launch-marketing-automation-platform-physician-practices/?rf=1&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=43222697&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9rQWlP1dvx-m4TDYX0_PnD8BlbCgUWUSn8Ql-IeXWfQYNlvp7t1t6b7yjC6CjhrwCFBi2n_KUkcbv-J_9_F33BTV6KXGzDsfwJP0uZIZiEqLeymjc&_hsmi=43222697The Altarum Institute issues a report on the impact of bundled payment methods on volume of services.
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CMS' Office of the Actuary's new projections on health spending show above GDP growth as far as the eye can see.
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Pacifica labs offers cognitive behavioral therapy support tools, like mobile apps, and recently closed on a seed round of funding.
http://medcitynews.com/2017/02/cognitive-behavioral-health-startup-pacifica-labs-closes-seed-round/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=42936331&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_UQyN7rzc-KfdmJq_qoWniK41hCBQSe9pJvw-og4OGNuEGxj4NekvjKpM_i6Gu4x_Lg79O2NnCntHplrFVT8jejeJdfQMnJouGrtMXVIK0q4YYkXE&_hsmi=42936331A study at the Public Library of Science finds that use of pharmacogenomics in managing drug regimens can help reduce readmissions and ER use.
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Health professional continuing education and training firm Career Step takes a step forward, finding a solution to its problems by buying Panacea, which provides coding and compliance training.
http://www.themiddlemarket.com/news/strategic_m_a/revelstoke-career-step-buys-panacea-grow-educational-services-262601-1.htmlResearchers use an interesting approach to ascertain that hospital quality measures do appear to be associated with better patient outcomes.
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